<> Tomorrow's food holidays(s):
* 'National Crab Meat Newburg Day'. . Made with crab meat, cream, butter,
eggs, cognac, sherry, and Cayenne pepper.
[The Hankster says] A Lobster Newburg by any other name, would taste almost the same.
<> Other holidays / celebrations
* 'National Comic Book Day'.
The first American comic book is thought to be 'Famous Funnies' in 1933,
which was a collection and reprint of several newspaper comic strips.
[The Hankster says] This is not the same as free comic book day. That was back in May.
* 'National One-Hit Wonder Day'.
Honoring those artists whose songs hit the top 40 chart but the artist
never had another hit.
- From Wikipedia (List of one-hit wonders in the United States):
'A one-hit wonder is a Top 40 phenomenon the combination of artist and
song that scores huge in the music industry with one single, but is unable
to repeat the achievement. The term can refer to the artist, the song, or
both together.
1966
"One Has My Name (The Other Has My Heart)" Barry Young
"Harlem Nocturne" The Viscounts
"Flowers on the Wall" The Statler Brothers
"The Duck" Jackie Lee
"Lies" The Knickerbockers
"No Matter What Shape (Your Stomach's In)" The T-Bones
"The Men in My Little Girl's Life" Mike Douglas
"Michelle" David and Jonathan
"Elusive Butterfly" Bob Lind
"The Cheater" Bob Kuban and the In-Men
"Batman Theme" Neal Hefti
"Love Makes the World Go Round" Deon Jackson
"Walkin' My Cat Named Dog" Norma Tanega
"Caroline, No" Brian Wilson
"I Can't Grow Peaches on a Cherry Tree" Just Us
"History Repeats Itself" Buddy Starcher
"The Ballad of Irving" Frank Gallop
"Barefootin'" Robert Parker June 18, 1966 7
"Oh How Happy" The Shades of Blue June 25, 1966 12
"Cool Jerk" The Capitols July 2, 1966 7
"Doubleshot (Of My Baby's Love)" The Swingin' Medallions July 2, 1966 17
"Day of Decision" Johnny Sea July 2, 1966 35
"Little Girl" Syndicate of Sound July 9, 1966 8
"Dirty Water" The Standells July 9, 1966 11
"Hey Joe" The Leaves July 9, 1966 31
"They're Coming to Take Me Away, Ha-Haaa!" Napoleon XIV August 13, 1966
"Somewhere, My Love" Ray Conniff August 13, 1966 9
"Searching for My Love" Bobby Moore and the Rhythm Aces August 13, 1966
"Sweet Dreams" Tommy McLain August 20, 1966 15
"Tar and Cement" Verdelle Smith August 20, 1966 38
"7 and 7 Is" Love September 24, 1966 33
"Black Is Black" Los Bravos October 1, 1966 4
"Almost Persuaded" David Houston October 1, 1966 24
"Open the Door to Your Heart" Darrell Banks October 1, 1966 27
"Psychotic Reaction" Count Five October 15, 1966 5
"Summer Samba (So Nice)" Walter Wanderley October 15, 1966 26
"Winchester Cathedral" The New Vaudeville Band December 3, 1966 1
"(When She Needs Good Lovin') She Comes to Me" Chicago Loop December 3, 1966
* 'National Tune-Up Day'.
Heating system tuneup.
* 'Gold Star Mother's Day'.
On the last Sunday in September. It honors mothers who lost (includes
missing in action) a son or daughter who lost their lives in the line of
duty in the U.S. armed services.
- From Wikipedia ( American Gold Star Mothers):
'On the last Sunday in September, Gold Star Mother's Day is observed in the
U.S. in honor of Gold Star mothers, as established in Title 36 § 111 of the
United States Code. This was originally declared by Senate Joint Resolution
115 of June 23, 1936. In September 2012, Barack Obama issued a presidential
proclamation commemorating September 30, 2012, as Gold Star Mother's and
Family's Day
American Gold Star Mothers, Inc. (AGSM), is a private nonprofit
organization of American mothers who lost sons or daughters in the United
States Armed Forces. It was originally formed in 1928 for mothers of those
lost in World War I, and it holds a congressional charter under Title 36 §
211 of the United States Code. Its name came from the custom of families of
servicemen hanging a banner called a Service Flag in the windows of their
homes. The Service Flag had a star for each family member in the Armed
Forces. Living servicemen were represented by a blue star, and those who
had lost their lives were represented by a gold star.
Membership in the organization is open to any woman who is a U.S. citizen
or legal resident that has lost a son or daughter in active service in the
U.S. military (regardless of the place or time of the military service,
regardless of whether the circumstances of death involved hostile conflict
or not, and including mothers of those missing in action)'.
* 'Math Storytelling Day'.
Using thought puzzles, numeric games and such to tell the story of math,
especially to children.
[The Hankster says] This one is easy. If I say I like math, I tell a story.
<> Awareness / Observances:
o Health
* 'National Psychotherapy Day'. To remove the stigma against people who
seek therapy.
- From Wikipedia (Psychotherapy):
'Psychotherapy is the use of psychological methods, particularly when based
on regular personal interaction, to help a person change and overcome
problems in desired ways. Psychotherapy aims to improve an individual's
well-being and mental health, to resolve or mitigate troublesome behaviors,
beliefs, compulsions, thoughts, or emotions, and to improve relationships
and social skills. Certain psychotherapies are considered evidence-based
for treating some diagnosed mental disorders.
There are over a thousand different psychotherapies, some being minor
variations, while others are based on very different conceptions of
psychology, ethics (how to live) or techniques. Most involve one-to-one
sessions, between client and therapist, but some are conducted with groups,
including families. Psychotherapists may be mental health professionals
such as psychiatrists or psychologists, or come from a variety of other
backgrounds, and depending on the jurisdiction may be legally regulated,
voluntarily regulated or unregulated (and the term itself may be protected
or not)'.
* 'International Ataxia Awareness Day (IAAD)'. This condition effects
coordination because parts of the nervous system, that control movement and
balance, are affected.
- From Wikipedia (Ataxia):
'Ataxia (from Greek lack of order) is a neurological sign consisting of
lack of voluntary coordination of muscle movements that includes gait
abnormality. Ataxia is a non-specific clinical manifestation implying
dysfunction of the parts of the nervous system that coordinate movement,
such as the cerebellum. Ataxia can be limited to one side of the body,
which is referred to as hemiataxia. Several possible causes exist for these
patterns of neurological dysfunction. Dystaxia is a mild degree of ataxia.
Friedreich's ataxia has gait abnormality as the most commonly presented
symptom. br /> Types Cerebellar, Sensory, Vestibular
The treatment of ataxia and its effectiveness depend on the underlying
cause. Treatment may limit or reduce the effects of ataxia, but it is
unlikely to eliminate them entirely. Recovery tends to be better in
individuals with a single focal injury (such as stroke or a benign tumour),
compared to those who have a neurological degenerative condition. A review
of the management of degenerative ataxia was published in 2009. A small
number of rare conditions presenting with prominent cerebellar ataxia are
amenable to specific treatment and recognition of these disorders is
critical. Diseases include Vitamin E deficiency, Abetalipoproteinemia,
Cerebrotendinous Xanthomatosis,Niemann–Pick Type C Disease,Refsum’s
Disease,Glucose Transporter Type 1 Deficiency,Episodic Ataxia Type 2,Gluten
Ataxia,Glutamic Acid Decarboxylase Ataxia'.
* 'World Pharmacists Day'. By the International Pharmaceutical Federation
(FIP).
- From Wikipedia (Pharmacist):
'Pharmacists, also known as chemists (Commonwealth English) or druggists
(North American and, archaically, Commonwealth English), are healthcare
professionals who practice in pharmacy, the field of health sciences
focusing on safe and effective medication use. A pharmacist is a member of
the health care team directly involved with patient care. Pharmacists
undergo university-level education to understand the biochemical mechanisms
and actions of drugs, drug uses, therapeutic roles, side effects, potential
drug interactions, and monitoring parameters. This is mated to anatomy,
physiology, and pathophysiology. Pharmacists interpret and communicate this
specialized knowledge to patients, physicians, and other health care
providers.
Among other licensing requirements, different countries require pharmacists
to hold either a Bachelor of Pharmacy, Master of Pharmacy, or Doctor of
Pharmacy degree.
The most common pharmacist positions are that of a community pharmacist
(also referred to as a retail pharmacist, first-line pharmacist or
dispensing chemist), or a hospital pharmacist, where they instruct and
counsel on the proper use and adverse effects of medically prescribed drugs
and medicines. In most countries, the profession is subject to professional
regulation. Depending on the legal scope of practice, pharmacists may
contribute to prescribing (also referred to as pharmacist prescriber) and
administering certain medications (e.g., immunizations) in some
jurisdictions. Pharmacists may also practice in a variety of other
settings, including industry, wholesaling, research, academia, military,
and government'.
* 'International Day of the Deaf'. Last Sunday of September during Deaf
Awareness Week (last week of September)
o Other:
* 'World Rivers Day'. On the last Sunday in September.
<> Historical events on September 25
* 'In 1513, Vasco Nunez de Balboa becomes the first European to cross and
see the Pacific Ocean. .
- From Wikipedia: 'Vasco Núñez de Balboa (c. 1475 – around January 12–21,
1519) was a Spanish explorer, governor, and conquistador. He is best known
for having crossed the Isthmus of Panama to the Pacific Ocean in 1513,
becoming the first European to lead an expedition to have seen or reached
the Pacific from the New World.
He traveled to the New World in 1500 and, after some exploration, settled
on the island of Hispaniola. He founded the settlement of Santa María la
Antigua del Darién in present-day Panama in 1510, which was the first
permanent European settlement on the mainland of the Americas (a settlement
by Alonso de Ojeda the previous year at San Sebastián de Urabá (es) had
already been abandoned)'.
* 'In 1789, The United States Congress passes twelve amendments to the
United States Constitution, The Congressional Apportionment Amendment
(which was never ratified), the Congressional Compensation Amendment, and
the ten that are known as the Bill of Rights. .
- From Wikipedia: 'The Bill of Rights is the collective name for the first
ten amendments to the United States Constitution. Proposed following the
oftentimes bitter 1787–88 battle over ratification of the U.S.
Constitution, and crafted to address the objections raised by
Anti-Federalists, the Bill of Rights amendments add to the Constitution
specific guarantees of personal freedoms and rights, clear limitations on
the government's power in judicial and other proceedings, and explicit
declarations that all powers not specifically delegated to Congress by the
Constitution are reserved for the states or the people. The concepts
codified in these amendments are built upon those found in several earlier
documents, including the Virginia Declaration of Rights and the English
Bill of Rights 1689, along with earlier documents such as Magna Carta
(1215).
On June 8, 1789, Representative James Madison introduced nine amendments to
the constitution in the House of Representatives. Among his recommendations
Madison proposed opening up the Constitution and inserting specific rights
limiting the power of Congress in Article One, Section 9. Seven of these
limitations would become part of the ten ratified Bill of Rights
amendments. Ultimately, on September 25, 1789, Congress approved twelve
articles of amendment to the Constitution and submitted them to the states
for ratification. Contrary to Madison's original proposal that the articles
be incorporated into the main body of the Constitution, they were proposed
as supplemental additions (codicils) to it. Articles Three through Twelve
were ratified as additions to the Constitution on December 15, 1791, and
became Amendments One through Ten of the Constitution. Article Two became
part of the Constitution on May 7, 1992, as the Twenty-seventh Amendment.
Article One is technically still pending before the states.
Although Madison's proposed amendments included a provision to extend the
protection of some of the Bill of Rights to the states, the amendments that
were finally submitted for ratification applied only to the federal
government. The door for their application upon state governments was
opened in the 1860s, following ratification of the Fourteenth Amendment.
Since the early 20th century both federal and state courts have used the
Fourteenth Amendment to apply portions of the Bill of Rights to state and
local governments. The process is known as incorporation.
There are several original engrossed copies of the Bill of Rights still in
existence. One of these is on permanent public display at the National
Archives in Washington, D.C.'
* 'In 1890, The Sequoia National Park, located in south Sierra Nevada in
California, is established by the United States Congress. .
- From Wikipedia: 'Sequoia National Park is a national park in the southern
Sierra Nevada east of Visalia, California, in the United States. It was
established on September 25, 1890. The park spans 404,064 acres (631.35 sq
mi 163,518.90 ha 1,635.19 km2). Encompassing a vertical relief of nearly
13,000 feet (4,000 m), the park contains among its natural resources the
highest point in the contiguous 48 United States, Mount Whitney, at 14,494
feet (4,418 m) above sea level. The park is south of and contiguous with
Kings Canyon National Park the two are administered by the National Park
Service together as the Sequoia and Kings Canyon National Parks. They were
designated the UNESCO Sequoia-Kings Canyon Biosphere Reserve in 1976.
The park is famous for its giant sequoia trees, including the General
Sherman tree, the largest tree on Earth. The General Sherman tree grows in
the Giant Forest, which contains five out of the ten largest trees in the
world. The Giant Forest is connected by the Generals Highway to Kings
Canyon National Park's General Grant Grove, home to the General Grant tree
among other giant sequoias. The park's giant sequoia forests are part of
202,430 acres (81,921 ha) of old-growth forests shared by Sequoia and Kings
Canyon National Parks. Indeed, the parks preserve a landscape that still
resembles the southern Sierra Nevada before Euro-American settlement'.
* 'In 1906, In the presence of the king and before a great crowd, Leonardo
Torres Quevedo successfully demonstrates the invention of the Telekino in
the port of Bilbao, guiding a boat from the shore, in what is considered
the birth of the remote control. .
- From Wikipedia: 'Leonardo Torres y Quevedo (Spanish: 28 December 1852 –
18 December 1936) was a Spanish civil engineer and mathematician of the
late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries.
In 1903, Torres presented the Telekino at the Paris Academy of Science,
accompanied by a brief, and making an experimental demonstration. In the
same year, he obtained a patent in France, Spain, Great Britain, and the
United States. The Telekino consisted of a robot that executed commands
transmitted by electromagnetic waves. It constituted the world's second
publicly demonstrated apparatus for radio control, after Nikola Tesla's
Patented Teleautomaton, and was a pioneer in the field of remote control.
In 1906, in the presence of the king and before a great crowd, Torres
successfully demonstrated the invention in the port of Bilbao, guiding a
boat from the shore. Later, he would try to apply the Telekino to
projectiles and torpedoes, but had to abandon the project for lack of
financing. In 2007, the prestigious Institute of Electrical and Electronics
Engineers (IEEE) dedicated a Milestone in Electrical Engineering and
Computing to the Telekino, based on the research work developed at
Technical University of Madrid by Prof. Antonio Pérez Yuste, who was the
driving force behind the Milestone nomination'.
* 'In 1926, Henry Ford announces the 8 hours, 5-day work week. .
- From Wikipedia: 'On 5 January 1914, the Ford Motor Company took the
radical step of doubling pay to $5 a day and cut shifts from nine hours to
eight, moves that were not popular with rival companies, although seeing
the increase in Ford's productivity, and a significant increase in profit
margin (from $30 million to $60 million in two years), most soon followed
suit.
In the summer of 1915, amid increased labour demand for World War I, a
series of strikes demanding the eight-hour day began in Bridgeport,
Connecticut. They were so successful that they spread throughout the
Northeast'.
* 'In 1929, Jimmy Doolittle performs the first blind flight from Mitchel
Field proving that full instrument flying from take off to landing is
possible. .
- From Wikipedia: 'James Harold Jimmy Doolittle (December 14, 1896 –
September 27, 1993) was an American aviation pioneer. A Reserve officer in
the United States Army Air Corps, Doolittle was recalled to active duty
during World War II and awarded the Medal of Honor for his valor and
leadership as commander of the Doolittle Raid, a bold long-range
retaliatory air raid on the Japanese main islands weeks after the Attack on
Pearl Harbor. He was eventually promoted to lieutenant general and
commanded the Twelfth Air Force over North Africa, the Fifteenth Air Force
over the Mediterranean, and the Eighth Air Force over Europe.
Doolittle's most important contribution to aeronautical technology was the
development of instrument flying. He was the first to recognize that true
operational freedom in the air could not be achieved unless pilots
developed the ability to control and navigate aircraft in flight, from
takeoff run to landing rollout, regardless of the range of vision from the
cockpit. Doolittle was the first to envision that a pilot could be trained
to use instruments to fly through fog, clouds, precipitation of all forms,
darkness, or any other impediment to visibility and in spite of the pilot's
own possibly convoluted motion sense inputs. Even at this early stage, the
ability to control aircraft was getting beyond the motion sense capability
of the pilot. That is, as aircraft became faster and more maneuverable,
pilots could become seriously disoriented without visual cues from outside
the cockpit, because aircraft could move in ways that pilots' senses could
not accurately decipher.
Doolittle was also the first to recognize these psycho-physiological
limitations of the human senses (particularly the motion sense inputs,
i.e., up, down, left, right). He initiated the study of the subtle
interrelationships between the psychological effects of visual cues and
motion senses. His research resulted in programs that trained pilots to
read and understand navigational instruments. A pilot learned to trust his
instruments, not his senses, as visual cues and his motion sense inputs
(what he sensed and felt) could be incorrect or unreliable.
In 1929, he became the first pilot to take off, fly and land an airplane
using instruments alone, without a view outside the cockpit. Having
returned to Mitchel Field that September, he assisted in the development of
fog flying equipment. He helped develop, and was then the first to test,
the now universally used artificial horizon and directional gyroscope. He
attracted wide newspaper attention with this feat of blind flying and later
received the Harmon Trophy for conducting the experiments. These
accomplishments made all-weather airline operations practical'.
* 'In 1956, The first submarine transatlantic telephone cable system,
TAT-1, is inaugurated. The first transatlantic telegraph cable had been
lain in 1858.
* 'In 1995, Mariah Carey's 'Fantasy' became only the second single to debut
at No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100. .
- From Wikipedia: 'Fantasy is a song by American singer and songwriter
Mariah Carey. It was released on September 12, 1995 by Columbia Records as
the lead single for her fifth studio album, Daydream (1995). The song was
written by Carey and Dave Hall, both serving as primary producers alongside
Sean Combs. The song heavily samples Tom Tom Club's 1981 song Genius of
Love, and incorporates various other beats and grooves arranged by the
former. The song's lyrics describe a woman who is in love with a man, and
how every time she sees him she starts fantasizing about an impossible
relationship with him. The remix for the song features rap verses from Ol'
Dirty Bastard, something Carey arranged to assist in her transition into
the hip-hop market.
The song was positively reviewed by contemporary music critics, many of
whom complimented its clever use of the Genius of Love hook as well as
Carey's vocal performance. Fantasy experienced strong success around the
world, especially in the United States. It became the second song in
Billboard history, and the first by a female, to debut atop the Hot 100.
Additionally, aside from topping the chart for eight consecutive weeks, the
song achieved strong success outside the United States, topping the charts
in Australia, Canada and New Zealand and becoming a top-five hit in
Belgium, Finland, France and the United Kingdom.
Carey performed Fantasy live on several television and award show
appearances around the world. Carey performed the song at the 23rd annual
American Music Awards, held on January 29, 1996. Additionally, it was
performed live on British music chart program Top of the Pops and on French
television. Fantasy was part of the set-lists on several of Carey's
succeeding tours, making its debut during the album's accompanying set of
concerts, the Daydream World Tour and is featured on her compilation
albums, #1's (1998), Greatest Hits (2001), The Remixes (2003) and Playlist:
The Very Best of Mariah Carey (2010).
The cover of the single was shot by top fashion photographer Steven Meisel.
The cover for her album Daydream is a cropped version of the single cover.
Carey directed the music video for Fantasy, making it her directorial
debut. Carey created the video's concept and chose the filming location.
After being disappointed with the final result in many of her previous
videos, Carey decided to single handedly direct the video. The video showed
Carey's roller blading through an amusement park, singing and enjoying
herself. Midway through the video, Ol' Dirty Bastard makes a cameo
appearance as a clown. The video concludes with Carey dancing atop the
sunroof of a car, with many others present and enjoying the music and
celebration'.
* 'In 2008, Shenzhou 7 spacecraft is launched by China.
- From Wikipedia: 'Shenzhou 7 was the third human spaceflight mission of
the Chinese space program. The mission, which included the first Chinese
extra-vehicular activity (EVA) carried out by crew members Zhai Zhigang and
Liu Boming, marked the commencement of the second phase of the Chinese
government's Project 921.
The Shenzhou spacecraft carrying the three crew members was launched 25
September 2008, by a Long March 2F (CZ-2F) rocket which lifted off from the
Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center at 21:10 CST. The mission lasted three
days, after which the craft landed safely in Siziwang Banner in central
Inner Mongolia on 28 September 2008, at 17:37 CST. The Shenzhou 7 EVA made
the Chinese space program the third to have conducted an EVA. EVAs had
previously been conducted by the space programs of the Soviet Union (later
Russia) and the United States'.
No. 1 song
Top movie
Monthly holiday / awareness days in September
Food
All American Breakfast Month
Go Wild During California Wild Rice Month
Histiocytosis Awareness Month
Hunger Action Month
National Honey Month
National Mushroom Month
National Organic Harvest Month
National Prime Beef Month
kNational Rice Month
National Shake Month
Whole Grains Month
Wild Rice Month
Health
Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder Month
Atrial Fibrillation Month
888222707Baby Safety Month
Backpack Safety America Month
Blood Cancer Awareness Month
Childhood Cancer Awareness Month
Cholesterol Education Month
Great American Low-Cholesterol, Low-fat Pizza Bake Month
Gynecology Cancer Awareness Month
ITP Awareness Month
World Leukemia and Lymphoma Awareness Month
Mold Awareness Month
National Campus Safety Awareness Month
National Chicken Month
National Child Awareness Month
National Childhood Obesity Awareness Month
National DNA, Geonomics and Stem Cell Education Month
National Head Lice Prevention Month
National Infant Mortality Awareness Month
National ITP Awareness Month
National Osteopathic Medicine Month
National Ovarian Cancer Awareness Month
National Prostate Cancer Awareness Month
National Sickle Cell Month
National Pediculosis Prevention Month
National Skin Care Awareness Month
Ovarian Cancer Awareness Month
Pain Awareness Month
Pediatric Cancer Awareness Month
Self Improvement Month
September Is Healthy Aging Month
Sports and Home Eye Health and Safety Month
Superior Relationships Month
Thyroid Cancer Awareness Month
World Alzheimer's Month
Animal / Pets
AKC Responsible Dog Ownership Month
Happy Cat Month
International/National Guide Dogs Month
National Pet Memorial Month
National Save A Tiger Month
National Service Dog Month
Save The Koala Month
World Animal Remembrance Month
Other
Be Kind To Editors and Writers Month
Childrens' Good Manners Month
College Savings Month
Fall Hat Month
International People Skills Month
International Self-Awareness Month
International Speak Out Month
International Strategic Thinking Month
International Square Dancing Month
International Women's Friendship Month
Library Card Sign-up Month
National Coupon Month
National Home Furnishings Month
National Passport Awareness Month
National Sewing Month
National Translators Month
National Piano Month
National Wilderness Month
Shameless Promotion Month
Update Your Resume Month
National Hispanic Heritage Month
September is:
September origin (from Wikipedia): Originally September (Latin septem, "seven") was the seventh of ten months on the oldest known Roman calendar.
September in the Northern Hemisphere is the seasonal equivalent of March in the Southern Hemisphere.
After the calendar reform that added January and February to the beginning of the year, September became the ninth month, but retained its name. It had 29 days until the Julian reform, which added a day.
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